Compoijnoable



' (Ko' Model.)

, H. MARTINI; GOMPOUHDABLE SHIP 0R BOAT. I I

Patented July 3, 1894.

/i-rro Eli/ in ali' wham'nitlmay c n0e rn Q 3e; it known that I," HERMANN MAR I I; a, subject elf-the GermanEmg'ieror, and a'. resi-e dent' 0f. -Leip sih, Saxony; jGei'many,?ihave int '5" tented certain new and usefullinproyemeh'ts in Componndab1e S I ips or Boats; of whichthe eo'n sisting oftwo or m0re' 1on'g and-.compa r t01-ahly narrow floatingbodiesunite'd'bya deckfiixi- 'abovel them an d-ofitrusses "Or frames vj'vhich;are erected on' the'top'of allprso'me of lire-floating bodiesfor'th'e p MjPQse ofi strength-" OiIiDg SQSIIIQ, the said vessel'being made insecgs fionsih the lon itu i al-reiterat on; so that'it inl y-be uil -i 11 taken: ap r e1 0 length-'1 ned'or 'shortened at pleasnrei' 1:1, In the aceon penyingfirawings Fig hjre 'i 1 is t g side; view;- of niyieoni-poundable'ship orboat'.

Fig; 2 isa'g Ve'rti-ceflf ti'hn'sverse sectional View; the same." Figs. 3,4, 5 and (if'aresideviews- 219i the several sections composing the ship or- -b0f 't,1and Fig'sifi, 8 hndj'9 are-transversesecz;

itibhal Views of differenteonstructionsu v v. 1 "speedin p ts..

'nearlyf fth-ronghont their, whole length the s a,nae;crosssection, of any suitable shape,-tor1 ghi-eexhmple a circular ohe, except at the-"ends,

' which are 'so formedvasto easily cut through the water.: The "-bodies'zwiaremade in'sec-* tions,-.as' shownlin-Fig's-B to 6, which are I united end-to-end andfa'stened to each other 35 bj'bqlt's or si'milarmeans. Between the bow a jn'd Lst'ernpieces two, th ree', four-or more float =-gsections areinsertd. .If the floating bodies- 13 to bejsh'prtened this teen he-ieasily done by'o'mitting-one or several float sections. 14.

forflthe purpose ofrecei'ving not onlythe deck c;but"also the longitudinal stiffening-trusses :or frames d; The deck'c' -i's also made insec- The stiffeningt'russes or framesd' areeniscjployed'to'protectthe floatingbbdies-a against,

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der thefiwhole boat onshipstridng afndre1iab1t v theycanbe finished squaregsshown'indotw ifThis invention relates ma ship-"01- boat;

"tedlinesin: Fig.1." Thetopchordsmay also 6 be bentai-chlike'or in d tty-other shape}, The stiffening trusses or frames 01 -a.relalso .mhde in sections, the same as thef'fioating' bodies a ahgl'thedeck -c, as isshown in'FigsB to 6. Therefore they can be pnt' toget-her'end to .16 end and secured by bolts orsimilaiz mealns: ,1. The trusses ,frz'aimes .d jhay -'extend' either over the whole '01 'oniy a; part of the length 10f thefida'ting bpdie's a,'i n which latter cfa'se". .the' bow. and stern float, pieces nayjremain without'anytrnss work.

In" E'g's-l and 2 -a;"compoundable ship or boat with "two floating bodies a is shown. conding:t. its, size and the load to 'bej c ar 'ried 'the.shi p or boattn'qy'heive' three floating -7 bodies'a 'asin 'Eig-.'8,30r four ofzthese'asin similar'l'etters of reference indicste correg- Eig'..3,' or merefloatgin'g bodies. Then only 7 '8 or the inner. .ones as in Fig. 9,;Tl quire to be'jf stififen'ed .by trusses pr frames-{01, while the others remain without any] strengtheninggv o'rk'or are simply proy-ided with rails d as In Fig. 9. Y It dependsfupon thecircnmstances whethe r still. more'thantwo of the. floatingbodies a require to'be-strengtheifed by trusse'Sf-S orfralmes'd.- n l. v The trnss'section's are .fastenedib y m'eans ofthe supports b to the corresponding-float sections, while the deck sections v..ma.y be either fastened' or' simply bolted'fthereto asf-g Ina-y beconyeuient. -When the ship or boat On-the top of the floating, bodies a suitable v slipports b-of any desired shape are fastened,

is to be transferredfro'm'one place to' another or to -bejstored,'a.1l thatj is necessary is to take the float sections apart; Or when it is de--- siredto increase thesize ofthe ship, onev or ihore sections (such as shown in Figs. 4 and 5) may be inse'ljed'; after the shiphas been dividedg'and the whole bolted together again. Ima -similar mariner the ship maybe short awed. y am tt n lany Be n-Z A l nn- PI 1 her-Jot the floaiting bodies 'q. ,m:iy"b il feased or decreased,:ihyhich case. gficourse the. deck cwill require to be altered.

/ Having -desl i-bed' lnyinyention lf deelare i that whatI claim as new and of my own original invention is- 1. Acompoundable ship or boat, composed of several longfloating bodies united by adeck fixed above them and of stifiening trusses or frames, which are erected on the top of all or some of the floating bodies, the said ship or boat being made in sections in the longitudinal direction and capable of being built up or taken to pieces, andof being lengthened or shortened at pleasure by adding or omitting some sections, substantially as and for thepnrpose set forth;

In a compoundable shipo'r-boat the combination with float sections 'a; oi trflss orlzy frame sections donthe top of. the'sameyand -of deck sections a, which float section'mtrnss end to end by-bolting'their ends togcther,'snb- 2c stantjally as and for thepilrpose set' forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed my name in presence of two sol c'ribingwitnesses. j HERMANN MARTINL U 1 Witnesses:

'J'QHANN HART G, v CARL BORNGRAEBER.- 

